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◆ · By Mikey G · Published 2022-08-20T17:00:03.473Z

Meta Prompt
[Level 3] The answer to the meta is what you might say to certain letters in the grid. Thursday nudge: Try figuring out a link between the letters that are predominant on the left, versus those that seem to be predominant on the right.
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Leaderboard (updated hourly)

  • DJB solved 2022-08-20T20:38:06.999Z
  • FrankieHeck solved 2022-08-20T21:04:06.382Z
  • BrennerTJ solved 2022-08-20T21:45:29.412Z
  • oldjudge solved 2022-08-21T00:27:07.037Z
  • Meg solved 2022-08-21T02:39:47.512Z
  • benchen71 solved 2022-08-21T11:40:34.637Z
  • LesY solved 2022-08-21T14:47:47.893Z
  • boharr solved 2022-08-21T15:03:31.651Z
  • Hector solved 2022-08-22T01:26:21.895Z
  • edestlin solved 2022-08-23T21:22:22.555Z
  • Laura M solved 2022-08-24T20:49:48.170Z
  • KayW solved 2022-08-24T23:13:33.473Z
  • dplass solved 2022-08-25T17:27:37.745Z
  • Cindy Heisler solved 2022-08-25T17:52:52.963Z
  • kurtalert solved 2022-08-25T21:00:06.619Z
  • Abide solved 2022-08-25T23:36:39.437Z
  • rjy solved 2022-08-26T04:38:17.853Z
  • whimsy solved 2022-08-26T18:54:58.124Z
  • Pair O Ducks solved 2022-08-27T00:19:45.583Z
  • Wendy S HeadinHome solved 2022-08-27T02:34:29.421Z

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  • DJB 2s · 2022-08-20T20:38:58.734Z
    Nice one!
    • Mikey G constructor · 2022-08-26T17:05:39.935Z
      Thanks! You did this sans-nudges, so I have to ask what you saw first and what gave it to you...congrats on topping the board!
      • DJB 2s · 2022-09-19T22:55:10.093Z
        Hi Mikey - just saw this comment! I saw lots of Es on the left, lots of Os on the right, then looked down at the keyboard and saw their positions on the keyboard. Then I tested a few other letters nearby and the pattern emerged. I think online solvers definitely had an advantage for this one as the keyboard would have been under their noses! Pen and paper solvers would have had a harder time (I think?)
    • FrankieHeck 🤓5:51 · 2022-08-20T22:06:12.567Z
      Fun aha moment!
      • Mikey G constructor · 2022-08-20T22:21:47.311Z
        That was definitely the goal for this one!
      • oldjudge 13s · 2022-08-21T00:58:02.067Z
        Tough one--thanks Mikey
        • Laura M 🤓3:37 · 2022-08-24T20:58:08.467Z
          Very clever, and a basic concept that I haven't seen before in a meta (which is increasingly rare)! Sadly I needed to be HAND-held all the way to the finish line, but oh well. Great puzzle, thanks!
          • KayW 🤓5:41 · 2022-08-24T23:15:42.282Z
            wowza. I don't remember seeing a metanism like this before. Very cool!
            • dplass 7:21 · 2022-08-25T17:28:37.714Z
              DVORAK and COLEMAK users need not apply lol. Thanks for the extra extra nudges. I would have never gotten it otherwise...
              • Mikey G constructor · 2022-08-26T17:02:56.736Z
                Yeah, I've heard of DVORAK and just looked up COLEMAK; that's pretty cool - I wonder how the original QWERTY layout was derived. Yeah, this one reminded me of some of the Gaffneys in retrospect where you kind of have to see it and, so, without extra assistance, it probably is a Week 4 - or even Week 5. Thanks for solving!
              • Cindy Heisler 2s · 2022-08-25T17:54:57.796Z
                I needed a nudge, but got there in the end. This was a tough one for me. I just couldn't see it. Very clever mechanism, though. Thanks, Mikey.
                • Mikey G constructor · 2022-08-26T17:04:06.323Z
                  It's one of those "leaves in a forest" kind of thing. I'm still trying my best to put myself in solvers' shoes and ask what they would see. It is a unique mechanism, I'll concur! One I wish I could've gotten into a 15-by-15, and I think I tried it for about 10 minutes and was like, "Nope," haha.
                • kurtalert 🤓7:07 · 2022-08-25T21:01:06.713Z
                  Slick! Impressive puzzle. I'm sure constructing this was a bear.
                  • Mikey G constructor · 2022-08-26T17:05:08.059Z
                    Yeah, it definitely required a lot of trial-and-error! At least one time an alternate letter slipped in that wasn't supposed to. I always try to get some more creative fill in there, and who knew you could type CAREBEARS with your left hand only?? Thanks for the kind comments!
                  • Abide 4s · 2022-08-25T23:40:42.238Z
                    Only needed one nudge (#3 😜)
                    • Wendy S HeadinHome 🤓3:20 · 2022-08-27T02:35:18.103Z
                      Can’t even imagine constructing a grid like that! Well done, and fun to solve. I used all the hilighter colors…
                      • Hector 5:50 · 2022-08-27T14:45:53.892Z
                        Oh, it had to do with the keyboard! I had no idea, but just saw that some letters were mostly but not entirely on one side or the other. TAB might have been sort of a tip-off; I wonder if it could be combined with ESC top left. Observations: we type "B" with different hands; and "impostor" looks misspelled to me no matter how it's spelled.
                        Play today's daily mini crossword
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                        Choler
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                        1. 1A
                          Choler
                        2. 4A
                          Network that aired "Nashville Squares" in 2019: Abbr.
                        3. 7A
                          CDX x V
                        4. 10A
                          Game similar to Skip-Bo (I promise there are no hidden state capitals this time)
                        5. 13A
                          These, in Tours
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                          Coach Parseghian who did some coach-like things
                        7. 15A
                          ___-Hoo (chocolate drink that I consume in my 30s)
                        8. 16A
                          Kin to kabuki
                        9. 17A
                          Down
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                          When I turned Mickey Mouse in, he called me a ___ (now he's serving time in a cel)
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                          6 letters
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                          If you lose any electrons, I'm going to keep an ___ you
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                          Artist that gets high
                        14. 23A
                          She said, "You may think I'm small, but I have a universe inside my mind"
                        15. 25A
                          When I order retro diet sodas at the bar, I have to pick up the ___
                        16. 26A
                          End of a ball?
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                          These are sound investments LOL
                        18. 31A
                          Colorful dessert
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                          Bit of ink
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                          It follows you but never me
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                          Last: Abbr.
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                          Sugar substitute?
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                          Period
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                          AARP component
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                          John, to Paul
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                          Physics particle suffix (wow, that helps!)
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                          What you might need to finish
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                          "Help! I don't know the meta!"
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                          It merged with the WB to form the CW
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                          To hear, in Havana
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                          Cool-sounding rapper
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                          Raise
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                          If it's a lot, you might let your heir down
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                          Funshine and Tenderheart, for two
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                          Jason who sang, "Yeah, the Mister A to Z / You know I'm all about the wordplay" (my kind of guy!)
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                          Thames gallery
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                          "Well, well, what do we have here??? Oh, it's just a crossword"
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                          Like some old records (not the kind meant to be broken!)
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                          Survey
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                          Small city in the Buckeye State that sounds like its residents get along
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                          Time for lunch! (Any time's a good time for lunch)
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                          "Great, what now..."
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                          Eagle plus two
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                          "Papa-___-Mow-Mow" (1962 song that represents the pinnacle of musical excellence)
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                          They didn't have the bouillabaisse I wanted, so I'm going to sit here and ___
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                          Gold medalist Lipinski
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                          It first debuted during the Taft administration
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                          Some in math are empty
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                          Takei's "Star Trek" role
                        20. 32D
                          Sound of me sitting in a chair ready to tackle some metas
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                          Actress Anika ___ Rose (voice of Tiana in "The Princess and the Frog")
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                          "___ out?" (Question I never have to ask Ginger Cat because she always prefers the first option)
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